¢ Wednesday, January 4, 1995 Submitted a The National Exhibition Cen tre will open to two exhibits based on Central and South American peoples. Colorful weavings represent ing the work of Mayan commnitni ties in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico will be on display along with clothing and photographs Accompanying Tejidos de Guatemala is an exhibition of por trait photography, as well as text, hand-woven clothing and. jewelery of the Canari of Southern Ecuador. Live Guatemalan marimba sausic will echo through the gallery at the opening reception of the two exhibits Saturday at 7 p.m. The Canari of Southern Ecuador features black and white portraits of the indigenous people from’one of South America’s poorest regions, Canar. It was the result of the collabo- tative efforts of Judy Blanken- The Castlegar Sun ship, who took the photographs, as well as members of the National Indigendus Institute of Technology (INTI), and Jose Miguel Chuma and Antonio Guman. They are two young men from the Canari tribe who had worked with Blankenship on a research project and who acted as guides into-Canari culture te ‘These indigenous people “havé a terrible aversion to the camera” as a result of negative experi- Mayan weavings on display at NEC ences. with aid projects. “From a rented storefront in the small community of Canar that served as studio, part time home, classroom and INTI meet- ing place, we were gradually included in the social and cultural life of a few Canari families,” Blankenship recalls. Weekly photography classes and her husband's work on agri- cultural projects were returned with formal invitations to births, marriages, and religious fiestas. TROUBLED Submitted by: Pastor Bob Marsh, Calvary Baptist Church eople seem to be troubled about so many Pes: today: job security, population explosion, pollution, the economy, education, relief -for the needy, city planning, the separation of Quebec, etc. The list of concerns goes on infinitum. All are, worthy causes, with many more that I have not listed, but.in a sense they are all temporal. These are temporary concerns which although important, will one day be a moment in past history. I am not suggesting that we consider any of these unimportant or unworthy of our consideration, but I do appeal to our sense of balance. In many ways we have lost the balance between temporal issues and eternal issues. We have become so preoccupied with physical needs that we have neglected spiritual needs. Luke records an even in Jesus’ life that should remind us of our need for balance between physical and spiritual needs, particularly, temporal and eternal concerns. “As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a. woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to ST. PETER LUTHERAN WORSHIP TIME 9:00 am SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:15 am 713 - 4th St., Castlegar Rev, V. Tech * 365-3664 ALL WELCOME! issues as The Way what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to-do all the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha”, the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:38-42). Some may ask, “Isn’t God concerned about the issues that face us today?” Yes, He is concerned about our present concerns but He is most concerned about our eternal spiritual welfare. In 2 Pet.3:9 we read that God wants all mankind to find salvation in Jesus Christ above all, this is the best. Once we have laid hold of the beast, then, we should eamestly confront the issues that face us today. What is keeping us from taking hold of the best today? What present concerns interfere with us maintaining a balance between physical and spiritual needs? What is most important, being late for dinner? Or being too late to receive an eternal salvation in Christ Jesus? Let us all seek to live a life with balance, by attending the church of our choice this Sunday. # 614 Christina Place Christmas Services: January 1, 1995 No Service at 8:00-am 10:00 Family Service ALL WELCOME The Rev. Canon Dorothy Barker Phone: 365-2271 TO KNOW CHRIST AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN =) ST AVN'S ANGLICAN CCH Ad ‘SUNDAY: FAITH FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP 10:30 am EVENING CELEBRATION 6:30 pm WEDNESDAY FAMILY FELLOWSHIP 6:30 - 8 pm KINNAIRD CHURCH OF GOD Pastor John Wiuff Fs (B.th., M.Div.) 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Similar weaving will be on display at the NEC beginning Friday: OBITUARIES Photo by Jacqueline Mealing Marjorie Edna Bilinski Marjorié Edna Bilinski (nee Moroz) of Castlegar passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1994 at the age of 60 years. Funeral service was held at the Calvary Baptist Church on Fri- day, Dec. 30 with Pastor Bob Marsh officiating. Burial was at Park Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Bilinski was born July 5, 1934 at Armstrong, B.C. and grew up in the Ol Valley. She married Frank Bilinski on Dec. 14, 1966 at Vernon. The Bilinski family moved to Castle- gar in 1968. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and enjoyed crocheting, knitting, baking and travelling. She is survived by her husband Frank of Castlegar; two sons and their families, Dan of Mission, and Frank Jr. of Castlegar; one sister, Mary Trager and family of Vernon; one brother, Alex Good- enough and family of Vernon; niece Karen Besler and family of Vernon; four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel. Joao S. Machado Joao (John) S, Machado of Castlegar passed away Wednes- day, Dec. 21, 1994 at the age of 81 years. Funeral service was held at St. Rita's Catholic Church on Thursday, Dec. 22 and Friday, Dec. 23 with burial at Park Memorial Cemetery. Fr. Herman Engberink officiated. Mr. Machado was born July 18, 1913 at Azores, Portugal. He grew up in Portugal and married Deolina DaRosa there on July 28, 1941. During his life he worked as a butcher operating his own busi- ness. After his retirement he came to Canada and settled in Castlegar in 1985. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY SHOP REASURE Great Selection of clothing, hardware & miscellaneous items, Mr. Machado loved all kinds of sports and enjoyed walking and visiting with the people he met. He was a member of the Portuguese Social Club. He is survived by his wife, Deolinda_ of Castlegar, two sons. Manuel Machado and Louis Machado both of Castlegar, two daughters, Maria Jorge and Vir- ginia Chaves of Castlegar, nine grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren; one sister, Maria Macedo of Boston, Mass.; and two brothers, Domingos Machado of San Diego, California and Tony Machado of Lisbon, Portugal. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Castle- gar Funeral Chapel. & oS See us for all your natural gas or, propane fireplaces; appliances; furnaces; sales ee Wednesday. January 4, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page 5B - Celebrating Scotch whiskey: the water of life We'll make our malt and we'll brew our-drink, We'll laugh, sing“and rejoice, man! And mony braw thanks to the little black deil (devil) That danced awa’ wi’ th’ Exciseman (customs agent)! “Robert Burns: The Deil's Awa That gaily mocking song was written over 200 years ago when the illicit distilling and smuggling of whiskey was a major cottage industry. in Scotland. Some 300,000 gallons of the stuff crossed the border between Scot- land and England each year at the beginning of the 18th century while the British government was But how did the process get to Britain? One author suggests that it was taken to Cormwall in Eng- land by the Phoenician tin traders and from thence to Ireland and Scotland. In any case, it was val- ued by the early Scots not only as a stimulating and warming bever- age and a fortifier in battle, but.a help for smallpox and other ills, a to leg and tax it. The fact that the past year (1994) was celebrated by the Scottish distilling industry as the official 500th i y of this for sword wounds and an anesthetic for pain, inchud- ing the pains of childbirth. It cooled fever and welcomed guests and was an essential part of ddi funerals and wakes. uniquely Scottish beverage, known in Latin as aqua vitae (“water of life”), to the ancient Celts as “uisage beatha” and to the world of today simply as “Scotch”, is a kind of left-handed salute. to persistence, the spirit of compromise and the unique prod- uct. It merits, for the sake of all legitimate Scotch drinkers, a brief examination. Scotch is a distilled beverage, and the process of distilling was known in ancient times in both Europe and Asia.There are, for example; records of the distilla- tion of rice wine in very early Japanese and Chinese writings and the Greek scholar Aristotle described both the distillation of sea water into potable water and the distillation of wine into spirits about 384 BC. The writer John Hogg longer? It is because the first offi- cial reference to a Scotch whiskey grant is to be found in records dated in 1994, which read: “~ eight bolls of malt (over a ton) to Friar John Cor wherewith to make aqua vitae,” From these eight bolls John Cor could have made, persumably, some 1,400 bottles of Scotch—a fair start in production of single malt whiskey. Though the manufacture of whiskey is widespread through- out Scotland, the finest malts come from the northeast, particu- larly in the Spey Valley where a combination of cold, clean air, pure water, good local peat and fine barley, not to mention tradi- tional skills which go back over facture of Scotch are simple malted barley, yeast and water The process is equally simple, It begins with selected barley which is first carefully screened, steeped in water fora number of hours and then spread on a cement floor to‘germinate and form malt sugar. After this it is dried over peat fires whereby it gains its various degrees of the characteristic “peaty” flavor. It-is screened, (with the screened material being used for cattle fgod), coarsely ground and mashed in huge mash vats, ahd the malt sugars removed by a series of hot water baths. Yeast is added to the resultant sweet liquid (wort) in 7,000 gal- lon fermentation tanks to form a gels its fair share of the profit Aemajor sideline to the distilla- tion of whiskey is the “whiskey trail”, popular guided or private tours of the various distilleries These are associated with a vari- ety of accommodation including many fine B and Bs. Queen Victoria, who was not quite as straight-laced as she appears, helped popularize the Highlands-and Scotch whiskey. A note from the diary of John Begg, founder of the famous Distillery of Royal Lochnager, tells of how the Queen, Prince Albert and other members of the Royal Fam- ily visited his distillery “H.R.H. the Prince of Wales was about to carry his glass quickly to his mouth but I Queen Victoria adopted the admirable practice of having a wee dram each night after supper eda daily portion of Scotch and said optimistically: “I verily trow (truly believe) that he might leeve for ever, without dying at a’; and that doctors and kirkyards (church- yards) would go oot 0” fashion.” In brief, it was (and is) an essential part.of the Scottish culture. By the time of Henry the Eighth it had already made a con- bh ion in England and was taxed at the rate of two pence per gallon. By the 18th century the tax had risen to nine shillings and sixpence per gallon while the smuggling industry rose in proportion. How history does repeat itself! But why the 500th anniversary in 1994, since the making of the “water of life” has been known and has flourished for much production of great whiskeys. The creation of great Scotch, like the creation of great cuisine, is not.a science but an art, so that just as seven women using the same recipe and same ingredients can produce seven different and identi- fiable, versions of the same dish, an ex] can identify the output of the seven distill@ries along a mile length of the Spey River by their bouquet alone. It is, therefore, no surprise that no one, not even the meticulous Japanese and Germans, who made exact copies of the pot stills and imported water from the Scottish streams, have ever made an acceptable Scotch whiskey. It is still, happily, a cast of “Scots The ingredients for the manu- Anyone for some snowball? Submitted Hey, how about a little ball in the snow? The Slocan Valley Recreation Commission No. 8 will be hold- ing the second Annual ‘Snowpitch Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14, “We've made a few minor changes to the format this year,” says Recreation Coordi- nator Craig Lawrence, “but we didn’t want to tamper with it too much since it was such a hoot last year.” There are maximum of six teams allowed in the tournament, which has similar rules as slow- pitch, with up to 15 female afd male players on each team. Games will be one inning only with all players on each team bat- ting. During the first round of play, players get up to two pitch- es and after that it becomes a one-pitch tournament - everyone starts with a full count. ‘The final game will be-a whop- ping two-inning slugfest with the winner grabbing the coveted SAMSON'S SOAP SHOP INC AL, COMMERCIAL t ERSONAL CARE N BULK ITEMS